Tommaso Moramarco

Research interest

The research activity mainly regards: 1) hydro-meteorological monitoring; 2) watershed hydrology; 3) hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; 4) discharge assessment at ungauged river sites; 5) river flood forecasting 6) hydraulic risk; 7) safety of dams; 7) Climate Change: floods and drought; 8) Geographic Information Systems for flooding analysis.

Biography

Tommaso Moramarco took the degree in Civil Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Bari (Italy), in February 1989. He got two-years of Scholarship of the National Research Council (CNR) in flooding risk assessment, at the Institute of Advanced Methodologies of Environmental Analysis, from 1989 to 1991. He had several contracts with the University of Basilicata from 1991 to 1994 and he carried on an educational activity in Hydraulic Construction, advising students and co-directing thesis. He is currently a Director of Research with the Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI), CNR. Since 1989, he has been conducting research in the field of hydrological processes addressed to the flood forecasting and hydraulic risk mitigation. He has developed  works in these areas producing a great number of contributions in the leading hydrologic and hydraulic journals. In particular, his works include hydro-meteorological monitoring, synthesis of the effects of spatial variability in hydraulic quantities and scaling, rainfall spatial distribution analysis, entropy theory applied to natural channels, modeling of overland flow over hillslopes, modeling of surface water over watersheds, flood forecasting, hydraulic risk, climate change, drought, safety of dams, artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm. He has directed PhD theses, M.Sc. theses and he has been tutor of research grants and scholarships working in the hydrology applied research areas. Since 2001, he has been playing a lead role in the hydrologic research at IRPI and he has been coordinator and scientific responsible of projects on hydro-meteorological monitoring, flood forecasting and hydraulic risk in the frame of Italian and European programs.  He has advised authorities for establishing measures for flooding protection also addressed to the forward planning. He is a Referee of leading hydrologic and hydraulic journals and an Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (JHE) and a Guest Editor of Hydrology and Earth System Science Journal (HESS) and WATER (MDPI). He is a member of several national and international associations.
(see Curriculum Vitae)

Awards and Recognitions

• Best Associate Editor 2019. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. ASCE
• Elected President of Italian Hydrological Society (www.sii-ihs.it) (2017-present)
• “Spina di Cristo” Award, 2018, given by  Castellaneta’s Proloco Association
• Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing. Awarded April 2017 from Editors of Journal of Hydrology
• Qualification of Full Professor 08/A1 (Hydraulics, Hydrology, Hydraulic and Marine Constructions)
• Member of Joint Committee for the Framework Agreement between National Research Council and Università Politecnica delle Marche (2014-present)
• Scientific Council Board of “Consorzio Interuniversitario per l’idrologia – CINID” (2013-2018)
• National Representative of International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS/IUGG) (2015-2018)
• Member of Italian National IUGG Commission (2015-2018)
• Representative of Ministry of agricultural food and forestry policies for the Technical Committee of theTiber watershed authority (June 2012 – June 2017)
• Diplomate Water Resource Engineer, Palm Spring 2011,  given by American Academy of Water Resource Engineers (AAWRE)
• Norman Medal , Las Vegas 2010, given by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Professional Engineer Award, Perugia 2010, given by Engineers Register of Perugia
• Employee Award, 2005,    given by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche of Italy
• Visiting Scientist at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. USA, November 2004
• Visiting Scientist at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT), Cambridge, Boston, USA , CNR-MIT Agreement. Ricerca nell’ambito del Project “Climatic change and hydro-geologic risk. January-July 1997
  

Publications (ISI papers)

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• Fulton J. W. , Anderson I. E. , Chiu C.-L. ,  Sommer W., Adams J.D., Moramarco T., David M. Bjerklie D.M., Fulford J.M., Sloan J.L., Best H. R.,  Conaway J.S., Kang M. J. ,  Kohn M. S.,  Nicotra M. J. and Pull J.J. (2020). QCam: sUAS-based Doppler Radar for Measuring River Discharge. Remote Sensing, https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/20/3317
• Abdolvandi A.F.,  Ziaei  A.L.  Singh V.P. and  Moramarco T.(2020).   New Approach to Computing Mean Velocity and Discharge. Hydrological Sciences Journal, in press
• Kastali A., Zeroual A., Remaoun M., Serrano-Notivoli R. , Moramarco T., (2020)Design flood and flood-prone areas under rating curve uncertainty. Case study: area of Vieux-Ténès, Algeria. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. in press
• Termini D., Moramarco T. (2020). Entropic model applications to identify cross-sectional flow effect on velocity distribution in a large amplitude mandering channel. Advances in Water Resources.Volume 143, September 2020, 1036
• Morbidelli, R., Garcia Marin, A.P., …, Moramarco, T., …, (2020). History of the rainfall data time resolution in different geographical areas of the World. Journal of Hydrology, 590, 125258, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125258.
• Vyas, J.K.,  Perumal M., Moramarco T.( 2020) Discharge Estimation Using Tsallis and Shannon Entropy Theory in Natural Channels.Water  12(6), 1786; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061786 
• Fulton J.W., Mason C.,  Eggleston J.,  Nicotra M., Chiu C.L., Henneberg M. ,  Best H., Cederberg J.,  Holnbeck S., Lotspeich R.,  Laveau C.,  Moramarco T., Jones M., Gourley J.,  Wasielewski D. (2020). Remote Sensing of Surface Velocity and River Discharge Using Radars and the Probability Concept at 10 USGS Streamgages. Remote Sens.  12(8), 1296; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12081296
• Sinagra, M.; Nasello, C.; Tucciarelli, T.; Barbetta, S.; Massari, C.; Moramarco, T. (2020). A Self-Contained and Automated Method for Flood Hazard Maps Prediction in Urban Areas. Water, 12, 1266.
• Bjerklie D. M.,  Fulton J. W.,  Dingman S. L.,  Canova M. G.,  Minear Justin T. &  Moramarco T., (2020). Fundamental Hydraulics of Cross‐sections in Natural Rivers: Preliminary Analysis of a Large Data Set of Acoustic Doppler Flow Measurements. Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025986 
•  Manfreda S., Pizarro A., Moramarco T., Cimorelli L., Pianese D., Barbetta S. (2020) ‘Is it really advantageous the adoption of the flow-area rating curve?’, Journal of Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124752. 
• Alimenti F., Bonafoni S., Gallo E., Palazzi V., Vincenti Gatti R.,  Mezzanotte P., Roselli L., Zito D., Barbetta S., Corradini C., Termini D.  and  Moramarco T. (2020). Non-Contact Measurement of River Surface Velocity and Discharge Estimation with a Low-Cost Doppler Radar Sensor. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 10.1109/TGRS.2020.2974185
• Achour, K., Meddi, M., Zeroual, A. Senna Bouabdelli, Pamela Maccioni & Tommaso Moramarco. (2020). Spatio-temporal analysis and forecasting of drought in the plains of northwestern Algeria using the standardized precipitation index. J Earth Syst Sci 129, 42  doi:10.1007/s12040-019-1306-3
• Bhabagrahi Sahoo, Muthiah Perumal, Tommaso Moramarco, Silvia Barbetta & Soumyaranjan Sahoo (2020): A multilinear discrete Nash-cascade model for stage-hydrograph routing in compound river channels, Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI:10.1080/02626667.2019.1699243
• Palladino, M.R., Barbetta, S., Camici, S., Claps, P., Moramarco, T. (2020) Impact of animal burrows on earthen levee body vulnerability to seepage. Journal of Flood Risk Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12559
• Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S., Bjerklie, D.M., Fulton, J.W., Tarpanelli, A. (2019). River Bathymetry Estimate and Discharge Assessment from Remote Sensing. Water Resources Research, Vol.55, 8, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024220
• Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., Moramarco, T., Vacca, A., (2019). Applicability of Kinematic model for mud-flows: An unsteady analysis, Journal of Hydrology, 577, art. no. 123967
• Massari, C., Maggioni, V., Barbetta, S., Brocca, L., Ciabatta, L., Camici, S., Moramarco, T., Coccia, G., Todini, E. (2019). Complementing near-real time satellite rainfall products with satellite soil moisture-derived rainfall through a Bayesian Inversion approach. Journal of Hydrology, 573, pp. 341-351.
• Tarpanelli, A., Camici, S., Nielsen, K., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T., Benveniste, J. (2019). Potentials and limitations of Sentinel-3 for river discharge assessment. Advances in Space Research,DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.08.005
• Morbidelli, R., Saltalippi, C., Flammini, A., Cifrodelli, M., Dari, J., Corradini, C., García-Marín, A.P., Moramarco, T. (2019). On the applicability of temporal stability analysis to raingauge network design. Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1645959
• Barbetta, S., Coccia, G., Moramarco, T., Todini, E. (2018) Real-time flood forecasting downstream river confluences using a Bayesian approach. Journal of Hydrology, 565, pp. 516-523.
• Tayfur, G., Singh, V.P., Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S. (2018). Flood hydrograph prediction using machine learning methods. Water (Switzerland), 10 (8), art. no. 968
• Termini, D., Moramarco, T. (2018)Dip phenomenon in high-curved turbulent flows and application of entropy theory. Water (Switzerland), 10 (3)
• Tauro, F., Selker, J., Van De Giesen, N., Abrate, T., Uijlenhoet, R., Porfiri, M., Manfreda, S., Caylor, K., Moramarco, T., Benveniste, J., Ciraolo, G., Estes, L., Domeneghetti, A., Perks, M.T., Corbari, C., Rabiei, E., Ravazzani, G., Bogena, H., Harfouche, A., Broccai, L., Maltese, A., Wickert, A., Tarpanelli, A., Good, S., Lopez Alcala, J.M., Petroselli, A., Cudennec, C., Blume, T., Hut, R., Grimaldia, S. (2018). Measurements and observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): Innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle (2018). Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63 (2), pp. 169-196.
• Barbetta S., Moramarco T., Perumal M. (2017). A Muskingum-based methodology for river discharge estimation and rating curve development under significant lateral inflow conditions. Journal of Hydrology, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.09.022
• Moramarco T. Dingman S.L. (2017). On the theoretical velocity distribution and flow resistance in natural channels, Journal of Hydrology, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.068
• Camici S., Brocca L., Moramarco T., (2017) Accuracy versus variability of climate projections for flood assessment in central Italy. Climatic Change, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10584-016-18
• Moramarco T., Barbetta S., Tarpanelli, A., (2017). From surface flow velocity measurements to discharge 2 assessment by the entropy theory. Water, 9(2), 120; doi:10.3390/w902012
• Spada, E., Sinagra, M., Tucciarelli, T., Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T., Corato, G. (2017). Assessment of river flow with significant lateral inflow through reverse routing modeling. Hydrological Processes, in press
• Barbetta S., Coccia G., Moramarco T., Todini E. (2016). Case study: a real-time flood forecasting system with predictive uncertainty estimation for the Godavari River. Water, 8(10), 463; doi:10.3390/w8100463
• Barbetta, S., Camici, S., Bertuccioli, P., Palladino, M. R., Moramarco, T. (2017). Refinement of seepage vulnerability assessment for different flood magnitude in National levee database of Italy. Hydrology Research, DOI: 10.2166/nh.2017.101
• Termini, D., Moramarco, T. (2017).Application of entropic approach to estimate the mean flow velocity and manning roughness coefficient in a high-curvature flume. Hydrology Research, DOI: 10.2166/nh.2016.106
• Ciabatta, L., Brocca, L., Massari, C., Moramarco, T., Gabellani, S., Puca, S., Wagner, W. (2016). Rainfall-runoff modelling by using SM2RAIN-derived and state-of-the-art satellite rainfall products over Italy. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 48, 163-173, doi:10.1016/j.jag.2015.10.004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2015.10.004.
• Ciabatta, L., Camici, S., Brocca, L., Ponziani, F., Stelluti, M., Berni, N., Moramarco, T. (2016). Assessing the impact of climate-change scenarios on landslide occurrence in Umbria region, Italy. Journal of Hydrology, in press, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.007.
• Espejo-Pérez, A.J., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T., Giráldez, J.V., Triantafilis, J., Vanderlinden, K. (2016). Analysis of soil moisture dynamics beneath olive trees. Hydrological Processes, in press, doi:10.1002/hyp.10907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10907
• M. J. Tourian, A. Tarpanelli, O. Elmi, T. Qin, L. Brocca, T. Moramarco, N. Sneeuw (2016) Spatiotemporal densification of river water level time series by multimission satellite altimetry, Water Resource Research, doi: 10.1002/2015WR017654
• Greco, M., Moramarco, T. Influence of bed roughness and cross section geometry on medium and maximum velocity ratio in open-channel flow (2016) Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142
• Moramarco T., Termini D. (2015) Entropic approach to estimate the mean flow velocity: experimental investigation in laboratory flumes, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 03/2015; DOI: 10.1007/s10652-015-9403-6
• Zucco, G., Tayfur, G., Moramarco, T., (2015), Reverse Flood Routing in Natural Channels using Genetic Algorithm, Water Resource Management, 29 (12), 4241-4267
• Domenighetti A. Castellarin A. Tarpanelli A. MoramarcoT. (2015), Investigating the uncertainty of satellite altimetry product for hydrodynamic modelling. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10507
• Corato G, Moramarco T. Tucciarelli T. Fulton JW, (2015) Continuous Discharge Monitoring Using Non-contact Methods for Velocity Measurements: Uncertainty Analysis. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 3, 617-621
• Barbetta, S., Camici S., Moramarco, T. (2015), A reappraisal of bridge piers scour vulnerability: a case study in the Upper Tiber River basin (central Italy). Journal of Flood Risk Management, in press, doi: 10.1111/jfr3.12130.
• Brocca, L., Massari, C., Ciabatta, L., Moramarco, T., Penna, D., Zucco, G., Pianezzola, L., Borga, M., Matgen, P., Martínez-Fernández, J. (2015). Rainfall estimation from in situ soil moisture observations at several sites in Europe: an evaluation of SM2RAIN algorithm. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, doi:10.1515/johh-2015-0016.
• Tarpanelli A., Brocca L, Barbetta S, Lacava T, Faruolo M, Moramarco T., (2015), Integration of MODIS and Radar Altimetry Data for River Discharge Estimation from Space. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 3, 607-610
• Maccioni, P., Kossida, M., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T. (2015). Assessment of the drought hazard in the Tiber River Basin in Central Italy and a comparison of new and commonly used meteorological indicators. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, in press, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001094.
• Massari, C., Brocca, L., Ciabatta, L., Moramarco, T., Gabellani, S., Albergel, C., de Rosnay, P., Puca, S., Wagner, W. (2015). The use of H-SAF soil moisture products for operational hydrology: flood modelling over Italy. Hydrology, 2(1), 2-22, doi:10.3390/hydrology2010002. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/hydrology2010002
• Alvisi, S., Barbetta, S., Franchini, M., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2014). Comparing grey formulations of the velocity-area method and entropy method for discharge estimation with uncertainty, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 16, 4, 797–811.
• Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T., Brocca, L., Franchini, M., Melone, F. (2014). Confidence interval of real-time forecast stages provided by the STAFOM-RCM model: the case study of the Tiber River (Italy). Hydrological Processes, 28(3), 729-743, doi:10.1002/hyp.9613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9613
• Brocca, L., Ciabatta, L., Massari, C., Moramarco, T., Hahn, S., Hasenauer, S., Kidd, R., Dorigo, W., Wagner, W., Levizzani, V. (2014). Soil as a natural rain gauge: estimating global rainfall from satellite soil moisture data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119(9), 5128-5141, doi:10.1002/2014JD021489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JD021489
• Brocca, L., Zucco, G., Mittelbach, H., Moramarco, T., Seneviratne, S.I. (2014). Absolute versus temporal anomaly and percent of saturation soil moisture spatial variability for six networks worldwide. Water Resources Research, 50(7), 5560-5576, doi:10.1002/2014WR015684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015684
• Camici, S., Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2014). Impact of climate change on flood frequency using different climate models and downscaling approaches. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 19(8), 04014002, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000959. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000959.
• Camici, S., Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T. (2014), Case study: the levee failure along the Foenna stream on 1st January 2006 causing the flooding of Sinalunga urban area (Tuscany region, central Italy). Journal of Flood Risk Management, in press, doi: 10.1111/jfr3.12137.
• Corato, G., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P. (2014). Uncertainty analysis of flow velocity estimation by a simplified entropy model, Hydrological Processes, 28 (3), 581-590. doi: 10.1002/hyp.9590. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9590.
• Corato, G., Ammari, A., Moramarco, T. (2014). Conventional point-velocity records and surface velocity observations for estimating high flow discharge, Entropy, 16 (10), 5546-5559.
• Domeneghetti, A., Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T., Castellarin, A., Brath, A. (2014). The use of remote sensing-derived water surface data for hydraulic model calibration. Remote Sensing of Environment, 149, 130-141, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.007.
• Farina, G., Alvisi, S., Franchini, M., Moramarco, T. (2014). Three methods for estimating the entropy parameter M based on a decreasing number of velocity measurements in a river cross-section, Entropy, 16 (5), 2512-2529.
• Manfreda, S., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T., Melone, F., Sheffield, J. (2014). A physically based approach for the estimation of root-zone soil moisture from surface measurements. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 1199-1212, doi:10.5194/hess-18-1199-2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1199-2014.
• Massari, C., Brocca, L., Barbetta, S., Papathanasiou, C., Mimikou, M., Moramarco, T. (2014). Using globally available soil moisture indicators for flood modelling in Mediterranean catchments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 839-853, doi:10.5194/hess-18-839-2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-839-2014
• Massari, C., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T., Tramblay, Y., Didon Lescot, J.-F. (2014). Potential of soil moisture observations in flood modelling: estimating initial conditions and correcting rainfall. Advances in Water Resources, 74, 44-53, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.08.004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.08.004.
• Moramarco T., Barbetta S., Pandolfo C., Tarpanelli A., Berni N., Morbidelli, R. (2014). The spillway collapse of the Montedoglio dam on the Tiber River (central Italy): data collection and event analysis. Journal of Hydrological Engineering, 19, 6, 1264-1270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000890.
• Sahoo, B., Perumal, M., Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S. (2014). Rating Curve development at ungauged river sites using variable parameter Muskingum Discharge Routing Method, Water Resources Management, Springer, doi: 10.1007/s11269-014-0709-9.
• Tarpanelli A., Brocca L., Barbetta S., Faruolo M., Lacava T., Moramarco T. (2014). Coupling MODIS and radar altimetry data for discharge estimation in poorly gauged river basin. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2320582.
• Tayfur, G., Zucco, G., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T. (2014). Coupling soil moisture and precipitation observations for predicting hourly runoff at small catchment scale. Journal of Hydrology, 510, 363-371, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.12.045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.12.045.
• Yan K., Tarpanelli A., Balint G., Moramarco T., Di Baldassarre G. (2014). Exploring the potential of radar altimetry and SRTM Topography to Support Flood Propagation Modeling: the Danube Case Study. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001018.
• Zucco, G., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2014). Influence of land use on soil moisture spatial-temporal variability and monitoring. Journal of Hydrology, 516, 193-199, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.043. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.043
• Barbetta S. Moramarco T. (2014): Real-time flood forecasting by relating local stage and remote discharge, Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2014.884717.
• Brocca, L., Camici, S., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Martínez-Fernández, J., Didon-Lescot, J.-F., Morbidelli, R. (2014) Improving the representation of soil moisture by using a semi-analytical infiltration model Hydrological Processes, 28 (4), pp. 2103-2115
• Tarpanelli, A., Barbetta, S., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T. (2013) River discharge estimation by using altimetry data and simplified flood routing modeling Remote Sensing, 5 (9), pp. 4145-4162.
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W. (2013). A new method for rainfall estimation through soil moisture observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(5), 853-858, doi:10.1002/grl.50173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50173
• Brocca, L., Zucco, G., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2013). Developing and testing a long-term soil moisture dataset at the catchment scale. Journal of Hydrology, 490, 144-151, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.029
• Brocca, L., Liersch, S., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Volk, M. (2013). Application of a model-based rainfall-runoff database as efficient tool for flood risk management. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 3159-3169, doi:10.5194/hess-17-3159-2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3159-2013
• Brocca, L., Tarpanelli, A., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Caudaro, M., Ratto, S., Ferraris, S., Berni, N., Ponziani, F., Wagner, W., Melzer, T. (2013). Soil moisture estimation in alpine catchments through modelling and satellite observations. Vadose Zone Journal, 12(3), 10 pp, doi:10.2136/vzj2012.0102. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0102.
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Penna, D., Borga, M., Matgen, P., Gumuzzio, A., Martinez-Fernández, J., Wagner, W. (2013). Detecting threshold hydrological response through satellite soil moisture data. Die Bodenkultur, 64(3-4), 7-12..
• Moramarco T., Corato G., Melone F., Singh V.P (2013). An entropy-based method for determining the flow depth distribution in natural channels. Journal of Hydrology, 497, 176-188.
• Tarpanelli, A., Barbetta, S., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T. (2013). River discharge estimation by using altimetry data and simplified flood routing modelling. Remote Sensing, 5(9), 4145-4162, doi:10.3390/rs5094145. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs5094145
• Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Lacava, T., Faruolo, M., Pergola, N., Tramutoli, V. (2013). Toward the estimation of river discharge variations using MODIS data in ungauged basins. Remote Sensing of Environment, 136, 47-55, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.04.010.
• Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2013). Improving hydraulic modelling in small basins by using remote sensing – derived flood extent data. Hydrological Processes, 27(9), 1321-1330, doi:10.1002/hyp.9550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9550.
• Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Lacava, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Faruolo, M., Pergola, N., Tramutoli, V. (2013), Toward the estimation of river discharge variations using MODIS data in ungauged basins, Remote Sensing of Environment, 136, pp. 47-55.
• Barbetta S, Franchini M, Melone F, Moramarco T (2013). Enhancement and comprehensive evaluation of the Rating Curve Model for different river sites. J of Hydrology, Volumes 464–465, 25 September 2012, Pages 376-387
• Moramarco T., Corato G., Melone F., Singh V.P., (2013). An entropy-based method for determining the flow depth distribution in natural channels. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 497, 8 August 2013, Pages 176-188
• Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T.(2013) Hydraulic modelling calibration in small rivers by using coarse resolution synthetic aperture radar imagery. Hydrological Processes, 27 (9), pp. 1321-1330.
• Brocca, L., Liersch, S., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Volk, M. (2013) Application of a model-based rainfall-runoff database as efficient tool for flood risk management. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 10 (2), pp. 2089-2115 .
• Calamita, G., Brocca, L., Perrone, A., Piscitelli, S., Lapenna, V., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2012) Electrical resistivity and TDR methods for soil moisture estimation in central Italy test-sites. Journal of Hydrology, 454-455, pp. 101-112.
• Ponziani, F., Pandolfo, C., Stelluti, M., Berni, N., Brocca, L., Moramarco, T.(2012) Assessment of rainfall thresholds and soil moisture modeling for operational hydrogeological risk prevention in the Umbria region (central Italy) (2012) Landslides, 9 (2), pp. 229-237.
• Brocca, L., Ponziani, F., Moramarco, T., Melone, F., Berni, N., Wagner, W. (2012) Improving landslide forecasting using ASCAT-derived soil moisture data: A case study of the torgiovannetto landslide in central Italy. Remote Sensing, 4 (5), pp. 1232-1244.
• Lacava, T., Matgen, P., Brocca, L., Bittelli, M., Pergola, N., Moramarco, T., Tramutoli, V. (2012)A first assessment of the SMOS soil moisture product with in situ and modeled data in Italy and Luxembourg IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50 (5 PART 1), art. no. 6168249, pp. 1612-1622
• Brocca, L., Moramarco, T., Melone, F., Wagner, W., Hasenauer, S., Hahn, S. (2012). Assimilation of surface and root-zone ASCAT soil moisture products into rainfall-runoff modelling. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50(7), 2542-2555, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2177468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2011.2177468
• Tarpanelli, A., Franchini, M., Brocca, L., Camici, S., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2012) A simple approach for stochastic generation of spatial rainfall patterns Journal of Hydrology, 472-473, pp. 63-76
• Brocca, L., Tullo, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2012) Catchment scale soil moisture spatial-temporal variability Journal of Hydrology, 422-423, pp. 63-75.
• Brocca, L., Melone, F. and Moramarco, T. (2011), Distributed rainfall-runoff modelling for flood frequency estimation and flood forecasting. Hydrol. Process., 25: 2801–2813. doi: 10.1002/hyp.8042
• Corato G., Moramarco T., Tucciarelli T., (2011), Discharge estimation combining flow routing and occasional measurements of velocity, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2979-2994
• Camici, S., Tarpanelli, A., Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T. (2011). ‘Design soil moisture’ estimation by comparing continuous and storm-based rainfall-runoff modelling’. Water Resources Research, 47, W05527, doi:10.1029/2010WR009298
• Brocca, L., Tullo, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Brocca, L., Hasenauer, S., Lacava, T., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W., Dorigo, W., Matgen, P., Martínez-Fernández, J., Llorens, P., Latron, J., Martin, C., Bittelli, M. (2011) Soil moisture estimation through ASCAT and AMSR-E sensors: An intercomparison and validation study across Europe. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115 (12), pp. 3390-3408
• Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T., Franchini, M., Melone, F., Brocca, L., Singh, V.P. (2011) Case study: Improving real-time stage forecasting muskingum model by incorporating the rating curve model Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 16 (6), pp. 540-557.
• Perumal, M., Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S., Melone, F., Sahoo, B. (2011) Real-time flood stage forecasting by Variable Parameter Muskingum Stage hydrograph routing method, Hydrology Research, 42 (2-3), pp. 150-161
• Moramarco, T., Saltalippi, C., Singh, V.P. (2011) Velocity profiles assessment in natural channels during high floods (2011) Hydrology Research, 42 (2-3), pp. 162-170.
• Zakeri Niri, M., Saghafian, B., Golian, S., Moramarco, T., Shamsai, A.(2011) Derivation of Travel Time Based on Diffusive Wave Approximation for the Time-Area Hydrograph Simulation Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 17 (1), pp. 85-91.
• Franchini, M., Bernini, A., Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T.(2011) Forecasting discharges at the downstream end of a river reach through two simple Muskingum based procedures. Journal of Hydrology, 399 (3-4), pp. 335-352.
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W., Hasenauer, S. (2010) ASCAT soil wetness index validation through in situ and modeled soil moisture data in central Italy. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (11), pp. 2745-2755.
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Wagner, W., Naeimi, V., Bartalis, Z., Hasenauer, S. (2010) Improving runoff prediction through the assimilation of the ASCAT soil moisture product. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14 (10), pp. 1881-1893.
• Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P. (2010) Formulation of the entropy parameter based on hydraulic and geometric characteristics of river cross sections. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15 (10), art. no. 009010QHE, pp. 852-858.
• Lacava, T., Brocca, L., Calice, G., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Pergola, N., Tramutoli, V. (2010) Soil moisture variations monitoring by AMSU-based soil wetness indices: A long-term inter-comparison with ground measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (10), pp. 2317-2325.
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2010) Spatial-temporal variability of soil moisture and its estimation across scales. Water Resources Research, 46 (2), art. no. W02516
• Perumal M. Moramarco T., Sahoo B., Barbetta S. (2010). On the practical applicability of the VPMS routing method for rating curve development at ungauged river sites. Water Resources Research, 46, W03522, doi:10.1029/2009WR008103
• Perumal, M., Sahoo, B., Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S. (2009) Multilinear muskingum method for stage-hydrograph routing in compound channels Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14 (7), pp. 663-670
• Tayfur, G., Barbetta, S., Moramarco, T. (2009)Genetic algorithm-based discharge estimation at sites receiving lateral inflows Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14 (5), pp. 463-474
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P. (2009)Assimilation of observed soil moisture data in storm rainfall-runoff modeling Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14 (2), pp. 153-165
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2009) Soil moisture temporal stability over experimental areas in Central Italy Geoderma, 148 (3-4), pp. 364-374
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T., Morbidelli, R. (2009) Antecedent wetness conditions based on ERS scatterometer data Journal of Hydrology, 364 (1-2), pp. 73-87
• Moramarco, T., Pandolfo, C., Singh, V.P.(2008)Accuracy of kinematic wave and diffusion wave approximations for flood routing. I: Steady analysis Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13 (11), pp. 1078-1088
• Moramarco, T., Pandolfo, C., Singh, V.P.(2008)Accuracy of kinematic wave approximation for flood routing. II. Unsteady analysis Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13 (11), pp. 1089-1096
• Tayfur, G., Moramarco, T.(2008)Predicting hourly-based flow discharge hydrographs from level data using genetic algorithms Journal of Hydrology, 352 (1-2), pp. 77-93
• Brocca, L., Melone, F., Moramarco, T.(2008)On the estimation of antecedent wetness conditions in rainfall-runoff modelling Hydrological Processes, 22 (5), pp. 629-642
• Tayfur, G., Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P.(2007)Predicting and forecasting flow discharge at sites receiving significant lateral inflow Hydrological Processes, 21 (14), pp. 1848-1859
• Perumal, M., Moramarco, T., Melone, F.(2007)A caution about the multilinear discrete lag-cascade model for flood routing Journal of Hydrology, 338 (3-4), pp. 308-314
• Brocca, L., Morbidelli, R., Melone, F., Moramarco, T.(2007) Soil moisture spatial variability in experimental areas of central Italy Journal of Hydrology, 333 (2-4), pp. 356-373.
• Perumal, M., Moramarco, T., Sahoo, B., Barbetta, S.(2007)A methodology for discharge estimation and rating curve development at ungauged river sites Water Resources Research, 43 (2)
• Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S., Melone, F., Singh, V.P.(2006)A real-time stage Muskingum forecasting model for a site without rating curve Hydrological Sciences Journal, 51 (1), pp. 66-82
• Moramarco, T., Melone, F., Singh, V.P. (2005) Assessment of flooding in urbanized ungauged basins: A case study in the Upper Tiber area, Italy Hydrological Processes, 19 (10), pp. 1909-1924
• Moramarco, T., Barbetta, S., Melone, F., Singh, V.P.(2005) Relating local stage and remote discharge with significant lateral inflow Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10 (1), pp. 58-64
• Moramarco, T., Saltalippi, C., Singh, V.P.(2004) Estimation of mean velocity in natural channels based on Chiu’s velocity distribution equation Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 9 (1), pp. 42-50
• Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P.(2002). Accuracy of kinematic wave and diffusion wave for spatial-varying rainfall excess over a plane Hydrological Processes, 16 (17), pp. 3419-3435
• Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P.(2001.). Simple method for relating local stage and remote discharge Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 6 (1), pp. 78-81
• Moramarco, T., Singh, V.P.(2000). A practical method for analysis of river waves and for kinematic wave routing in natural channel networks Hydrological Processes, 14 (1), pp. 51-62
• Moramarco, T., Fan, Y., Bras, R.L.(1999). Analytical solution for channel routing with uniform lateral inflow Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 125 (7), pp. 707-712